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• A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope big enough for the manuscript to come back in.
  This is too much of a temptation to the editor. -- Ring Lardne...
• Beware of an envelope that ticks.
• You tell 'em Envelope, You're well posted.
• A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-adressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in.
  This is too much of a temptation for the editor. -- Ring Lardner, How to Write Short Storie...
• The Law of the Letter: The best way to inspire fresh thoughts is to seal the envelope.
• The departing division general manager met a last time with his young successor and gave him three envelopes.
  My predecessor did this for me, and I'll pass the tradition along to you," he said....
• Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings?
  -- John Keats (1795-1821) -- Addressed to Haydon, Sonnet x...
• Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing.
  -- Georges Jacques Danton, addressed to the executioner, 1794...
• Never worry about the bullet with your name on it. Instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant'.
  Murphy's Tenth Military Law...